SECTIONS 11000-11007 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 11000-11007

11000. There is hereby established the California Academic
Partnership Program, to be administered by the Trustees of the
California State University, in cooperation with the Regents of the
University of California, the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction. The
purpose of the program shall be to develop cooperative efforts to
improve the academic quality of public secondary schools with the
objective of improving the preparation of all students for college.
Projects funded under the provisions of this chapter may address
improvements in secondary school curriculum and the ability of
students to benefit from these improvements. Academic partnership
projects shall be distributed throughout the state in order to
provide schools located in rural, urban, and suburban areas with
access to these services.

11001. The Chancellor of the California State University shall
establish an advisory committee to assist in selecting proposals to
be funded and developing criteria for project evaluation. The
committee shall be composed of the following members:
(a) Two certificated secondary school teachers, including at least
one junior high or intermediate school teacher, appointed by the
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
(b) Two certificated secondary school employees with
responsibility for curriculum administration, appointed by the
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
(c) One director of a regional consortium participating in the
California Student Opportunity Access Program established pursuant to
Chapter 113 of the Statutes of 1978, appointed by the Student Aid
Commission.
(d) Two representatives of the California Community Colleges, to
be appointed by the Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges, at least one of whom shall be a faculty member.
(e) Two representatives of the California State University, to be
appointed by the Chancellor of the California State University, at
least one of whom shall be a faculty member.
(f) Two representatives of the University of California, appointed
by the President of the University of California, at least one of
whom shall be a faculty member.
(g) One representative, appointed by the Director of the
California Postsecondary Education Commission.
Faculty appointments to the advisory committee shall be made by
the appropriate appointing authority through consultation with the
faculty senate.

11002. The advisory committee shall make recommendations regarding
all of the following:
(a) Development of criteria for awarding grants pursuant to
Section 11003.
(b) Development of criteria for determining the priority ranking
of schools selected to receive assistance under the California
Academic Partnership Program.
(c) Development of criteria for identifying projects which are
ineffective.
(d) Development of options identifying additional resources and
efforts which promote the objectives of the program.
(e) Development of a general policy for cooperative diagnostic
testing of secondary students with assessment instruments commonly
used by California postsecondary educational institutions.

11003. (a) A school district together with a postsecondary
educational institution or a consortium of postsecondary educational
institutions may submit a joint application to the Chancellor of the
California State University for a grant to fund a project intended to
improve student performance in secondary schools. The advisory
committee shall give consideration to the following, in addition to
its own criteria for the recommendation of programs for funding:
(1) The inclusion of a comprehensive plan for curricular revision
or enhancement and instructional change.
(2) The participation of postsecondary campus faculty working as
equal partners with secondary school teachers in efforts to improve
the academic quality of college preparatory instruction.
(3) The provision of activities and services designed to enhance
the ability of students to benefit from college preparatory
curricula.
(4) The provision of in-service training designed to increase
college aspirations of students from groups with low participation
rates in postsecondary institutions.
(5) The inclusion of procedures for the independent evaluation of
the program budget.
(6) Plans for the participation of more than one secondary school.
(7) Plans for the inclusion of intermediate or junior high schools
in the project.
(8) Plans for the continuation of the project after funding
ceases.
(b) Upon receipt of an application submitted pursuant to
subdivision (a), the Chancellor of the California State University
may award a grant to the joint applicants for purposes of funding the
proposed project. Each project which receives a grant pursuant to
this subdivision shall provide matching funds from existing funds
received from federal, state, local, or private sources or budget
increases in those funds, with preference to projects which have the
strongest demonstrated institutional commitment. Priority shall be
given to projects which serve either of the following:
(1) Schools and school districts utilizing the provisions of
Article 4 (commencing with Section 54700) of Chapter 9 of Part 29.
(2) Schools with low student participation in institutions of
postsecondary education or with a concentration of students from
groups which are underrepresented in postsecondary education,
affording priority to those applicants in inverse order of their
level of student participation in institutions of postsecondary
education authorized to award baccalaureate degrees.
(c) The Chancellor of the California State University, with the
assistance of the advisory committee established under Section 11001,
and with the advice of faculty from appropriate disciplines, shall
establish a voluntary cooperative program for the academic assessment
of secondary school students in the state. In developing this
system, the chancellor shall take steps necessary to ensure that
increased uses of assessment instruments assist in all of the
following:
(1) Reducing the demand for remedial programs at the postsecondary
level.
(2) Analyzing student readiness for college-level work.
(3) Identifying the academic needs of students for secondary
school teachers and counselors.
(4) Encourage and give priority to schools identified in paragraph
(2) of subdivision (b) of Section 11003 for the utilization of these
instruments.

11005. Based upon evaluations conducted pursuant to former Section
11004, the California Postsecondary Education Commission may identify
projects that are ineffective or not cost-effective for termination.
Funds made available as a result of that termination shall be
reallocated for the awarding of new grants pursuant to Section 11003.

11006. The Trustees of the California State University shall adopt
rules and regulations necessary for the effective implementation of
this chapter.

11007. The provisions of this chapter shall become operative July
1, 1984.